Chair



(No' Model.)

A. BLUM.

CHAIR.

. No. 424,952. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST BLUM, OF PABLO BEACH, FLORIDA.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 424,952, dated April 8,1890. Application filed October 2, 1889. Serial No, 325,756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST BLUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pablo Beach, in the county of Duval and State of Florida,have invented a new and useful Chair, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to invalid-chairs of that class adapted tobe converted into a bed and to be inclined to assume different positionsfor the comfort of the occupant.

The object and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, andthe novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the invent-ion,the same being arranged as an ordinary chair. Fig. 2 is a sectionalView, the chair being arranged as a bed. Fig. 3 is a detail inperspective of the footrest.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 1 represent opposite side rails, connected at their upper and lowerends by upper and lower cross-bars 2 and 3 respectively, said side railsbeing formed with slightly offset or angular portions at their lowerhalves and connected about their centers by a cross-bar 4.. A pair ofshort bars 6 are pivotally connected at their upper ends to the sidebars 1 near their upper ends, and project rearwardly and are connectedat their free ends by a cross-bar 7.

8 represent opposite side bars, pivoted near their centers upon thecross-bar 4 and connected at their rear ends by a cross-bar 9, and infront of the same and in their upper edges provided with a series ofopposite notches 10, in any pair of which is adapted to rest thecross-bar 7, and thus raise or lower the back section. The front ends ofthe side bars 8 are connected by a cross-bar 11, and at their centerssaid bars 8 are slightly bent, so that the rear halves thereof areinclined, while their forward halves are substantially horizontal.

12 represents opposite side bars, the front ends of which are connectedby the cross-bar 13, and the rear ends of which are pivoted upon thecentral cross-bar 4, the bars 12 be ing slightly curved to the front ata point opposite the bend in the bars 8 at their front.

The bars 12 are also chamferedat their under sides and adapted to restupon a cross-strip 14 and abut against a foot-board 15, extendingtransversely across the chair and connecting two short foot-bars 16 thatare pivoted to the lower ends of the bars 1 and cut away near theirpivot points to rest upon the bar 3, which serves as a stop-bar to limitthe downward swing of the foot-rest.

The back, seat, and leg-rest of the chair are formedby a suitable fabricor other material and preferably in one piece and in the followingmanner: One end of the material is cemented or otherwise secured to thecentral bar 4, passed under the same and up over the bar 2, forming theback 5, at which point it is again e dor otherwi e ecure thence downunder the cross-bar 4 and to the cross-bar 11, under and over the sameand to the rear, where it is sewed or otherwise sccured to itselfdirectly in front of the central bar l, thus forming a seat 17. Afterjoining at this point the material is carried forward and over thecross-bar 13 .and. back to its point of starting, where it is sewed orotherwise secured to itself, thus forming the leg support 18 and asupplemental seat 19 and when raised a back 20.

As shown in Fig. 1, the seat 17 and back 20 perform its function, andthe foot-rest is in position for the feet of the occupant. By removingthe transverse bar 7 and placing itin any of the notches desired theseat 17 maybe raised and lowered to suit the height of the person andlikewise the inclination of the supplemental back 20. Now, by throwingthe back down, as shown in Fig. 2, the leg-supporting section is broughtinto place, and also the back 5 and supplemental seat 19, and acontinuous bed-surface is provided, the section 5 being capable of beingadj usted'to give a greater or less inclination.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a foldingchair, the combination,\vith opposite pairs of oppositely-inclined sidebars, as 1 and 8, pivoted together between their ends and having theirupper portions forming a back and seat frame and their lower portionssupporting-legs, of an independent swinging frame longer than either theseat or back portions of the chair and adapted to be swung up to form aback or down to form a seat, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the oppositelydisposed pivoted side bars 1 andS, the connecting-bar 4, and side bars 12, the free ends of which extendbeyond the bars 1 and 8 and have their lower ends pivotally mounted onthe bar 4, and the fabric coverings for the bars 1, 8, and 12,0f thelowerbars16, pivoted at their rear ends to the lower ends of the sidebars 1, and vertical and horizontal bars 14 and 15 connecting the freeends of the bars 16, and horizontal bar being adapted to receive andsupport the free ends of the bars 12 when the latter are in a loweredposition, substantially as specified.

The combination, with the side bars 1, connected at their centers by themain crossbar 4 and at their upper and lower ends by the cross-bars 2and 3 respectively, the opposite bars 8, pivoted upon the cross-bar 4and connected attheir rear and front ends by cross-bars 0 and 11. andprovided with aseries of notches 10, the opposite short bars 6, pivotedto the bars 1 and having a transverse bar 7 engaging the notches, of theside bars 12, pivoted at one end to the bar4and projecting beyond andcapable of being swung below the horizontal plane of the ends of thebars 11 and connected by a transverse bar 13, and the web, one end ofwhich is fastened to the main bar 4, passed up and over the bar 2, underthe bar 1, under and over the bar 11, and connected to itself in frontof the bar 4-, thence forwardly and over the bar 13 and up to its pointof starting, and there again connected to itself, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST BLUM.

\Vitnesses:

LoToN M. JONES, JOHN DUTTON.

